EU-Japan Training programmes

The European Commission is encouraging European enterprises to penetrate the Japanese market. To this end it has put in place various promotional activities to further European exports to Japan and to maximise business opportunities there.

The EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Co-operation, which was established in Tokyo in 1987 and in Brussels in 1996, organises:

Training programmes for EU managers (4/5 weeks):
Japan Industry Insight HRTP (11 May to 5 June or 12 June 2015) - provides an integrated in-depth view of Japanese industrial structure and business practices. It is targeted at managers who have a major role in defining and implementing their company’s policies in relation to Japan, or who are to be transferred to Japan, or who wish to be kept informed about management practices in Japan.
Deadline: 26 February 2015

World Class Manufacturing WMC- for EU managers and for EU senior executives - to assist EU companies to acquire a better understanding of how Japanese companies continually take costs out of their manufacturing, constantly innovating using "KAIZEN" manufacturing methods (continuous improvement), "JIT" (Just in Time), "TQC" (Total Quality Control), TIE (Total Industrial Engineering), TPM (Total Productive Maintenance) and "TQM" (Total Quality Management) practices.
Deadline: 26 March 2015 (29 June to 3 July 2015 - Advanced session from 16 to 20 November 2015).